- #1 Supraland
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 15,419 reviews2019
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
Why similar: Metroidvania 25.9%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Collectathon 8.7%, FPS 7.7%, Exploration 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: Direct predecessor sharing the exact same first-person puzzle-metroidvania DNA and physics-driven secrets.
- #2 Supraland Six Inches Under
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,304 reviews2022
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, combat! A first-person-metroidvania taking place six inches under Supraland.
Why similar: Metroidvania 23.2%, Puzzle Platformer 14.4%, Collectathon 11.2%, FPS 7.2%, First-Person 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the brilliant toy-world exploration and creative puzzle design of the series.
- #3 Viewfinder
96% matchVery Positive95% of 13,334 reviews2023
Dev: Sad Owl StudiosPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Challenge perception, redefine reality, and reshape the world around you with an instant camera. Viewfinder is a new single player game offering gamers hours of interesting and fun experiences while uncovering the mysteries left behind.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 30.3%, Puzzle 14.8%, First-Person 13.8%, Action-Adventure 11.6%, Platformer 11%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the mind-bending puzzle-solving and reality-shifting perspective mechanics central to Supraworld.
- #4 Superliminal
95% matchVery Positive95% of 34,206 reviews2020
Dev: Pillow Castle
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.
Why similar: Puzzle 25.1%, Puzzle Platformer 24.4%, First-Person 18.4%, Exploration 11.9%, Funny 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same perspective-bending, physics-defying puzzle mechanics and playful experimentation.
- #5 Manifold Garden
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 8,585 reviews2020
Dev: William Chyr Studio
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.1%, Puzzle 23.3%, First-Person 18.3%, Exploration 16.6%, Adventure 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Explores non-Euclidean geometry and reality-bending exploration similar to Supraworld's out-of-bounds secrets.
- #6 Tinykin
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 4,357 reviews2022
Dev: SplashteamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Catch hundreds of tinykin and use their unique powers to bring Milo back to his home planet and back to normal size!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Collectathon 16.1%, Platformer 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.7%, Puzzle 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Captures a similar miniature toy-world aesthetic and joyful exploration of everyday environments.
- #7 ANIMAL WELL
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 24,672 reviews2024
Dev: Billy BassoPub: Bigmode
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
Why similar: Metroidvania 40.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.9%, Platformer 10.7%, Puzzle 10.4%, Exploration 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same dense, cryptic puzzle-solving and interconnected metroidvania exploration on a smaller scale.
- #8 Youropa
93% matchVery Positive87% of 704 reviews2018
Dev: frecle
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
A platform puzzle paint adventure about breaking rules, being upside down and thinking outside the box.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.6%, Puzzle Platformer 22.8%, Platformer 12.5%, Exploration 9.9%, Action-Adventure 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: Blends 3D platforming, gravity-defying mechanics, and surreal exploration in a toy-like setting.
- #9 Antichamber
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 17,782 reviews2013
Dev: Alexander BrucePub: Demruth
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Antichamber is a mind-bending psychological exploration game where nothing can be taken for granted. Discover an Escher-like world where hallways wrap around upon each other, spaces reconfigure themselves, and accomplishing the impossible may just be the only way forward.
Why similar: Puzzle 42.3%, First-Person 24.4%, Exploration 18.3%, Metroidvania 7%, Adventure 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Pushes puzzle design and non-linear exploration into mind-bending, rule-breaking territory.
- #10 The Talos Principle
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 33,076 reviews2014
Dev: CroteamPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
Why similar: Puzzle 51.2%, First-Person 24.9%, Exploration 12.6%, Adventure 5.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person puzzle solving with deep environmental exploration and philosophical discovery.
- #11 Portal 2
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 467,332 reviews2011
Dev: Valve
Windows · Linux
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21%, Platformer 14.3%, FPS 11.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, First-Person 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features clever first-person physics manipulation, environmental puzzle-platforming, and witty writing.
- #12 A Short Hike
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 22,759 reviews2019
Dev: adamgryu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Why similar: Exploration 43.2%, Cute 22.8%, Adventure 17.7%, Funny 12.3%, Singleplayer 4%
Why You'll Like It: Emulates the pure joy of movement-based exploration, secret hunting, and miniature open-world freedom.
- #13 Outer Wilds
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 108,541 reviews2020
Dev: Mobius DigitalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
Why similar: Exploration 36.3%, Puzzle 25.3%, First-Person 16.6%, Adventure 11.5%, 3D 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the deep sense of curiosity-driven discovery, secret hunting, and knowledge-based progression.
- #14 Promenade
87% matchVery Positive95% of 912 reviews2024
Dev: Holy Cap
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Go on an adventure in a world packed with secrets helped by your friend, a poulp with many abilities. Explore, solve puzzles, wander across dungeons, blast through races and much more in this cute game inspired by the best 3D platformers
Why similar: Metroidvania 19.4%, Collectathon 17%, Puzzle Platformer 14%, Platformer 10.6%, Exploration 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Provides whimsical collectathon platforming and inventive puzzle mechanics in colorful worlds.
- #15 Togges
88% matchMixed67% of 224 reviews2022
Dev: Regular StudioPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Togges is a charming and colourful 3D Puzzle-Platformer. Go on adventures, stack adorable living blocks and solve puzzles around the Cosmos to save the Galaxy from the threats of the Void.
Why similar: Collectathon 19.7%, Immersive Sim 16.5%, Puzzle 10.8%, Platformer 9.5%, Exploration 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features adorable puzzle-platforming where you stack and spread cute blocks across open worlds.
- #16 TUNIC
86% matchVery Positive91% of 18,686 reviews2022
Dev: TUNIC TeamPub: Finji
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.8%, Exploration 16.3%, Puzzle 16%, Action-Adventure 11.4%, Cute 7%
Why You'll Like It: Replicates the joy of uncovering deep secrets, translating mysterious languages, and exploring a deceptive world.
- #17 FEZ
86% matchVery Positive93% of 16,274 reviews2013
Dev: Polytron CorporationPub: Trapdoor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Gomez is a 2D creature living in a 2D world. Or is he? When the existence of a mysterious 3rd dimension is revealed to him, Gomez is sent out on a journey that will take him to the very end of time and space. Use your ability to navigate 3D structures from 4 distinct classic 2D perspectives.
Why similar: Platformer 34.7%, Puzzle 26%, Exploration 15.2%, Puzzle Platformer 12.8%, Metroidvania 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: Combines perspective-shifting puzzle mechanics with a deeply interconnected, secret-filled world.
- #18 Gorogoa
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 20,830 reviews2017
Dev: Buried SignalPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.
Why similar: Puzzle 74%, Exploration 11%, Adventure 10.1%, Singleplayer 5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on clever, perspective-based puzzle manipulation and visual wonder.
- #19 Donut County
84% matchVery Positive92% of 12,171 reviews2018
Dev: Ben EspositoPub: Annapurna Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Donut County is a story-based physics puzzle game where you play as an ever-growing hole in the ground. Meet cute characters, steal their trash, and throw them in a hole.
Why similar: Funny 27.1%, Puzzle 26.5%, Cute 17.1%, Comedy 12.3%, Adventure 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Embraces playful physics-based destruction and toy-like environment manipulation.
- #20 Grow Home
84% matchVery Positive92% of 5,635 reviews2015
Dev: Reflections, a Ubisoft StudioPub: Infogrames
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Experience the freedom of unbounded climbing as you take control of BUD, a procedurally animated robot on a quest to save his planet. Create your own path through an alien world as you control and ride a giant plant on a vertical journey to the stars.
Why similar: Exploration 33.1%, Adventure 18.2%, Platformer 17%, Cute 14.9%, Funny 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features climbing and exploration mechanics within a quirky, physics-driven sandbox environment.
- #21 The Witness
83% matchVery Positive84% of 21,430 reviews2016
Dev: Thekla, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
Why similar: Puzzle 45.2%, Exploration 24.1%, First-Person 22%, Adventure 5.4%, Singleplayer 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deeply rewarding environmental puzzle-solving and island-wide secret discovery.
- #22 Super Adventure Hand
82% matchVery Positive96% of 110 reviews2023
Dev: Devm Games
Windows
Hands down the most adventurous and handsome hand in the world! You play as a hand on a gripping handventure where you single-handedly face dangerous obstacles and de-feet a handful of evil feet.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 26%, Platformer 19.2%, Comedy 15.2%, Funny 11.4%, Puzzle 9%
Why You'll Like It: Leans into quirky physics-based platforming and unique movement mechanics.
- #23 Chants of Sennaar
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 35,031 reviews2023
Dev: RundiscPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
Why similar: Puzzle 36%, Detective 26.5%, Puzzle Platformer 11.1%, Adventure 9.9%, Exploration 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: Centers on decoding cryptic languages and uncovering interconnected societal secrets.
- #24 NaissanceE
82% matchVery Positive84% of 4,457 reviews2014
Dev: Limasse Five
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 44%
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
Why similar: Exploration 28%, First-Person 18.4%, Puzzle Platformer 18.3%, Puzzle 13.5%, Platformer 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: Explores vast, atmospheric architectural spaces with immersive, non-linear progression.
- #25 The Turing Test
81% matchVery Positive88% of 8,043 reviews2016
Dev: BULKHEAD
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The Turing Test is a challenging first-person puzzle game set on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. You are Ava Turing, an engineer for the International Space Agency (ISA) sent to discover the cause behind the disappearance of the ground crew stationed there.
Why similar: Puzzle 50.6%, First-Person 34.4%, Adventure 10.9%, Singleplayer 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines first-person logic puzzles with narrative exploration in futuristic settings.
- #26 Submerged: Hidden Depths
80% matchVery Positive90% of 875 reviews2022
Dev: Uppercut Games Pty Ltd
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Boat, climb, interact and explore in the beautiful ruins of a sunken world.
Why similar: Exploration 33.7%, Collectathon 23.3%, 3D 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Adventure 10%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on relaxed, non-combat exploration and finding hidden collectibles in a vast world.
- #27 Baba Is You
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 24,648 reviews2019
Dev: Hempuli Oy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!
Why similar: Puzzle 75.4%, Cute 16.2%, Singleplayer 5.6%, Funny 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: Pushes rule-breaking and mechanic-exploiting logic puzzles to their absolute limits.
- #28 Q.U.B.E. 2
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,750 reviews2018
Dev: Toxic GamesPub: Trapped Nerve Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Q.U.B.E. 2 is the sequel to the hit first-person puzzle game Q.U.B.E. You are Amelia Cross, a stranded archaeologist who has awoken among the ruins of an ancient alien landscape. With the distant help of another survivor you must solve the puzzles of this mysterious world and find a way back home.
Why similar: Puzzle 32.1%, Adventure 21.4%, First-Person 17%, Action 14.5%, Puzzle Platformer 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers color-coded first-person spatial puzzles and engaging room-based progression.
- #29 Monument Valley
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,906 reviews2022
Dev: ustwo games
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Embark on a journey of forgiveness through impossible environments and illusionary puzzles. Experience this meditative and calming puzzle game by manipulating monuments and creating evolving paths to explore new, surreal, and mysterious worlds.
Why similar: Puzzle 30.3%, Puzzle Platformer 27%, Exploration 19.8%, Adventure 11%, 3D 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers stunning perspective illusions and architectural puzzle exploration.
- #30 Toodee and Topdee
78% matchVery Positive93% of 873 reviews2021
Dev: dietzribi
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles and defeat huge bosses.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 40.1%, Puzzle 23.1%, Platformer 22.7%, Adventure 6.4%, Action 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends 2D top-down and platforming mechanics into clever, perspective-shifting puzzles.
- #31 Cats Catching Mice: The Black and White World
77% matchVery Positive99% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Demistar
Windows · Linux
Explore in a black-and-white world. You'll encounter interesting enemies, feel smooth physics effects, freely combine props to solve fun puzzles, use powerful weapons, and defeat cool bosses.
Why similar: Metroidvania 37.1%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 11.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Exploration 9.7%
- #32 Darwin's Paradox!
75% matchVery Positive88% of 1,234 reviews2026
Dev: ZDT StudioPub: KONAMI
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Step into a cinematic adventure as Darwin, a brilliant octopus trapped in a mysterious industrial world. Use his unique abilities - swimming, wall-climbing, shooting ink, camouflage, and more - to overcome traps and escape.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Puzzle 11.8%, Funny 8.2%
- #33 Elephantasy: Flipside
77% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: B. Maksym (Linker)
Windows
Use and upgrade magic items, collect hidden treasures, and uncover the secrets between two worlds in this cute isometric puzzler! When a certain vacationing Elephant stumbles upon a way into the land of the dead, will she unwittingly let something far more sinister slip through?
Why similar: Metroidvania 33.2%, Puzzle Platformer 19.7%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 9.7%, Action-Adventure 8.7%
- #34 SHEEPO
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 629 reviews2020
Dev: Kyle Thompson
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Explore a strange planet, collect the creatures you find, and then shape-shift into them to expand your world. Build your own path, chat with the locals, and discover the planets sprawling secrets in this quirky metroidvania platformer.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.7%, Platformer 18.8%, Exploration 11.9%, Cute 6.4%, Adventure 5.7%
- #35 Flatworld
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 902 reviews2022
Dev: Guinxu
Windows
Explore a world full of magic, puzzles and enemies in which the main character is the weakest of the game.
Why similar: Puzzle 22.8%, Exploration 20.2%, Action-Adventure 16.7%, Comedy 16.2%, Adventure 8.4%
- #36 Super Mombo Quest
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 899 reviews2021
Dev: Orube Game Studio
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Bounce and stomp through an enormous interconnected world, doing some intense acrobatics and getting huge combos! A superfast precision platformer that mixes up a Metroidvania world with classic Arcade mechanics.
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.9%, Platformer 15.9%, Action-Adventure 12.1%, Funny 7.5%, Adventure 7.1%
- #37 Chroma Zero
73% matchVery Positive96% of 364 reviews2024
Dev: ekorzPub: ZeroXP
Windows
Explore a unique and connected world. Understand its fragile balance, uncover its deepest questions, and find more than just the answers.
Why similar: Puzzle 27.4%, First-Person 23%, Exploration 18%, Comedy 11.8%, Adventure 10.5%
- #38 DreamWatcher
76% matchVery Positive84% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Class of 2019-2020Pub: Campus ADN
Windows
Welcome to the Great Library of Dreams, where chaos has just been unleashed! Play as The Agent in this fantasy 3D Metroidvania filled to the brim with surprising secrets, daring traversal, confounding puzzles and menacing monkeys. Rid the library of the creatures wreaking havoc and bring back order!
Why similar: Metroidvania 28.1%, Puzzle Platformer 16.3%, Collectathon 15.7%, Platformer 8.9%, Puzzle 7.1%
- #39 Lone Fungus: Melody of Spores
72% matchVery Positive95% of 281 reviews2025
Dev: BASTI GAMES
Windows
Embark on a heartfelt Mushroomvania adventure through a vast and dense interconnected world! It's like a mix of retro and modern classics!
Why similar: Metroidvania 51.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Exploration 12.2%, Action-Adventure 10.8%, Adventure 7.8%
- #40 Alwa's Legacy
74% matchVery Positive87% of 648 reviews2020
Dev: Elden Pixels
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Alwa’s Legacy is a modern retro game full of dangerous dungeons, mystic items and ancient secrets. Upgrade your magic and choose your own path in this non-linear adventure game brimming with exploration.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.4%, Puzzle Platformer 20.6%, Platformer 12.7%, Exploration 9.2%, Action-Adventure 9.2%
- #41 Phoenotopia: Awakening
73% matchVery Positive83% of 2,921 reviews2021
Dev: Cape Cosmic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Embark on a grand adventure in Phoenotopia! An action-adventure puzzle platformer inspired by the great classics. Meet charming townsfolk, brave the dungeons, and thwart evil in your quest to save your family.
Why similar: Metroidvania 38.9%, Puzzle Platformer 20.5%, Platformer 16%, Action-Adventure 8.8%, Adventure 6.3%
- #42 Broken Reality 2000
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 396 reviews2026
Dev: Dynamic Media TriadPub: Digital Tribe
Windows · Mac
Get ready for a new adventure in the world of NATEM! Explore beautiful worlds, solve puzzles with new tools and meet wonderful people in this journey through a digital universe full of secrets in search of someone special.
Why similar: Metroidvania 30.5%, Collectathon 20.4%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 8.5%, Comedy 8.2%
- #43 Dewdrop Dynasty
71% matchVery Positive80% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: GoodgisPub: Firith Studio
Windows · Linux
Gun-jump your way through a buzzing world full of quirky monsters, tricky puzzles, and outlandish bosses in this fast-paced, lighthearted Metroidvania.
Why similar: Metroidvania 42.5%, Platformer 15%, Exploration 10.8%, Funny 9.5%, Shooter 7.4%
- #44 Super Puzzled Cat
70% matchVery Positive99% of 219 reviews2025
Dev: Penguin Mug Games
Windows
Help Puzzled Cat use jetpacks, portals, bombs, gum, and more to conquer treacherous platforming stages. Play your own way using save states to explore a world full of challenges and secrets - but can you find the way through? Travel through time and space and reach enlightenment.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 39.8%, Platformer 19%, Puzzle 14.9%, Cute 8.3%, Funny 6%
- #45 EMUUROM
69% matchVery Positive90% of 323 reviews2026
Dev: borbwarePub: Coyote Time Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
A creature-scanning metroidvania. Explore an ancient paradise before it's lost forever. Study the EMUUROM creatures, document your findings in the EMUUDEX, and use what you learn to unlock new paths.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.5%, Puzzle Platformer 19.6%, Platformer 12.2%, Puzzle 10.1%, Exploration 9.8%
- #46 Scrabdackle
70% matchVery Positive96% of 170 reviews2025
Dev: jakefriendPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac · Linux
The magical misadventure of a novice wizard thrown (literally) into the unfamiliar world outside. Go on a sprawling hand-drawn adventure with spells to study, bosses to best, and a huge handcrafted world to traverse on the long journey home.
Why similar: Metroidvania 47.7%, Action-Adventure 13%, Funny 12%, Exploration 11.9%, Cute 6.2%
- #47 Faerie Afterlight
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 108 reviews2023
Dev: Clay Game StudioPub: Mastiff
Windows
Embark on an enchanting adventure in this breathtaking 2D Metroidvania game inspired by the rich folklore of Indonesia. Control Kimo and Wispy as they seek to recover the Shards of Light. Manipulate terrain to solve puzzles, befriend the natives of Lumina, and take abilities from powerful titans.✨
Why similar: Metroidvania 31.1%, Puzzle Platformer 17.4%, Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 10.1%, Exploration 10%
- #48 Treasure Adventure World
73% matchVery Positive82% of 279 reviews2018
Dev: Robit Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Set sail for adventure with a paper hat on your head and a magical shrinking boat in your pocket, in search of legendary treasures! Solve tricky puzzles, battle formidable foes, piece together clues and dig up secrets to uncover your own shrouded history as you explore this sprawling open world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 52.5%, Platformer 22.4%, Adventure 17.4%, Cute 7.7%
- #49 Hatup
71% matchVery Positive92% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Naoka StudioPub: Naoka Games
Windows
In Hatup you'll have the mission to go through different challenges with your hat that will allow you to progress through the game's stages. Using different mechanics you will face many challenges and with different levels of difficulty.
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.9%, Puzzle Platformer 19.5%, Platformer 14.6%, Puzzle 11.2%, Funny 6%
- #50 Ogu and the Secret Forest
67% matchVery Positive94% of 2,088 reviews2024
Dev: Moonlab StudioPub: Sinkhole Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore the wonderful world with baby Ogu! 'Ogu and the Secret Forest' is a 2D adventure game with hand-drawn characters and various types of puzzles. Befriend bouncy characters and defeat strange creatures to unravel the mystery of the charming world.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.3%, Collectathon 21.4%, Puzzle 10.7%, Action-Adventure 10.5%, Exploration 9.8%
- #51 Pecker
68% matchVery Positive94% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Fonteinsoft UG
Windows
Pecker offers a unique climbing mechanic in a colorful world filled with puzzles and some enemies.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 21.2%, Collectathon 21.1%, Platformer 9.8%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 9.4%
- #52 Iron Diamond
69% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: North Folk Studios
Windows
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Why similar: Metroidvania 45.6%, Exploration 11.5%, Platformer 11%, Action-Adventure 9.3%, Puzzle 8.1%
- #53 Wuppo: Definitive Edition
69% matchVery Positive94% of 5,987 reviews2016
Dev: snekflat
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play as an exiled 'wum' looking for a new home in this bizarre but charming world, filled with strange creatures, puzzles, monsters and political chaos.
Why similar: Metroidvania 35.1%, Puzzle Platformer 14.7%, Platformer 13.1%, Puzzle 9.5%, Exploration 9.5%
- #54 Minishoot' Adventures
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 8,314 reviews2024
Dev: SoulGame Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship and overcome the dungeons' bosses to rescue your friends!
Why similar: Metroidvania 58.4%, Exploration 15.7%, Shooter 9.5%, Cute 7.5%, Adventure 6%
- #55 Simulation world
70% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: 007berd
Windows
Simulation World - This is a puzzle, story and open world. Feel the vanilla atmosphere as you progress through the puzzles. Rescue the simulation from a virus that wants to destroy the computer world
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 38.5%, Platformer 22.4%, Puzzle 20.8%, Adventure 9.2%, Cute 8.1%
- #56 Dungeon Gals
65% matchVery Positive100% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: DoricDream
Windows
A small crisis control team has been summoned to help a civilization in the sky escape impending doom! Explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and find lots of treasure to help prepare yourself for incredible challenges!
Why similar: Metroidvania 27.3%, Puzzle Platformer 20.2%, Platformer 11.7%, Exploration 10.1%, Puzzle 9.7%
- #57 Leap Year
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,217 reviews2024
Dev: Daniel Linssen
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Leap Year is a clumsy platformer about knowledge and discovery. Explore a compact, hand drawn world filled with hidden paths. Understand the game’s secrets to reach new areas and collect all the pages of your calendar.
Why similar: Metroidvania 36.2%, Puzzle Platformer 22.9%, Platformer 12.8%, Exploration 11.4%, Puzzle 10.3%
- #58 Hello World
66% matchVery Positive97% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Hello World StudioPub: OKJOY
Windows
You have strayed into the world of computer! ? During the exploration, you will have a series of interesting interactions with folders, garbage files, Word documents, PowerPoint documents, Excel documents, anti-virus software, blinking cursors while typing and even binary 0 and 1 in computer!
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 41.1%, Puzzle 22%, Platformer 21.2%, Adventure 5.7%, Funny 5.2%
- #59 Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread
67% matchVery Positive89% of 350 reviews2022
Dev: MY.GAMESPub: Knights Peak
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Blast off in a 2D metroidvania adventure bursting with platforming thrills, deep exploration, and explosive action. Assemble a crack team of heroes to save the world in Blast Brigade!
Why similar: Metroidvania 34.3%, Platformer 14.4%, Comedy 11.2%, Action-Adventure 9.5%, Exploration 9.3%
- #60 Unsent
65% matchVery Positive100% of 58 reviews2025
Dev: SlimeWare
Windows
In the Regulatory Realm, human beliefs manifest as bizarre bureaucracies. Venture to the human world to deliver Unsent letters in this whimsical platform-adventure game.
Why similar: Collectathon 23%, Platformer 19.6%, Comedy 18.1%, Funny 14%, Action-Adventure 11%